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Well no Ireland at the world cup and our brilliant fans who I'm sure the Russians would've loved. Anyway Denmark were the better team and deserved it. Can't believe we gave O Neill a new contract. He did well to get us to the playoffs but it was primitive football that was found out in the end. We need to bring in a proper coach and not a manager which is all O Neill is. And just like trappatoni he was too afraid to play our most creative player in Wes hoolahan in the big games and went with negative defensive lineups who played overly direct football. Anyway well done to the team for getting to the playoffs and maybe we'll get there in 2022 especially if it's a 48 team world cup

Who do you fancy getting out of these groups. Russia look like the weak team in pot 1 but on home soil will be tough to beat, Poland maybe?. Woudlnt want to get Iceland or Costa Rica from pot 3 following their heroics at Euro 2016 and the last world cup but would be happy to draw Tunisia or Iran. I dont see any team from pot 4 posing a threat but you never know. By the way how did Peru get into pot 2?!,.

With the players that Ireland have at their disposal getting to the playoffs is a frigging miracle!.

Miracle is a bit of a strong word. It's tough but not when your up against Serbia Wales and Austria who aren't exactly world beaters. Remember we have plenty of premier league players in our team so we are not minnows. It would have been easier if we had a manager who wanted to play a bit of football and of course a fit Seamus Coleman

Real pity there's no Italy holland Chile and USA at the tournament. There'll be some poor groups and knockout fixtures as a result. And Poland and Russia being number one seeds is a bit of a joke. The only good thing about that is you might see Spain and England in an interesting group

Not many big games in the group stages. Spain v Portugal the biggest of the lot. England should easily get out of their group . Was hoping they'd get Germany or Brazil just to make things interesting. Argentina have the toughest group for me and amazingly they got Nigeria again. That's the 5th time in the last 6 tournaments

Easy group for England unless Panama or Tunisia turn out to be one of the surprise packages. The 2nd round doesn't seem too threatening should we progress as none of the teams in Group H look unbeatable. Id say at this early stage another quarter final appearance followed by the exit via penalties!.